The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/baal-shem-tov/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:41:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Baal Shem Tov | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/baal-shem-tov/ 32 32 Sotheby’s to auction Shem Tov Bible scribed by the medieval scholar https://www.timesofisrael.com/sothebys-to-auction-shem-tov-bible-scribed-by-medieval-scholar/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:10:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3308705 The 1312 manuscript will be displayed at the auction house this month and again in September before it is sold

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]]> In Ukraine, Jewish travelers mark a spiritual legacy… and horrific persecution https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-ukraine-jewish-travelers-mark-a-spiritual-legacy-and-horrific-persecution/ Sat, 04 Nov 2017 10:24:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1720464 The country's bustling cities and quaint hamlets are the birthplace of the Hassidic movement, and the site of devastating slaughters of Jews

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]]> Member of prominent US Hasidic family comes out as transgender https://www.timesofisrael.com/member-of-prominent-us-hasidic-family-comes-out-as-transgender/ Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:01:31 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1287436 Abby — originally Srully — Stein said that for as long as she could remember, she 'wanted to wake up one day as a girl'

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]]> In frozen Ukraine, warming up to my Jewish forefathers https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/in-frozen-ukraine-a-non-jew-draws-warmth-from-the-souls-of-the-tzaddikim/ Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:00:22 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=353450 I am not a Jew. My father’s family was, however, and part of this trip was about connecting to my distant paternal heritage

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]]> Two centuries after the death of its founder, Chabad launches year-long celebration with reissue of his works https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-centuries-after-the-death-of-its-founder-chabad-launches-year-long-celebration-with-reissue-of-his-works/ Mon, 07 Jan 2013 02:05:31 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=334512 Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, known as the Alter Rebbe and author of the mystical treatise Tanya, laid the foundations for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, the largest Hassidic group in the world

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]]> Were Europe’s great rabbis a bunch of potheads? https://www.timesofisrael.com/were-europes-great-rabbis-a-bunch-of-potheads/ Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:53:53 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=313220 An author examines marijuana's historical and spiritual role in Judaism -- and wonders whether Moses' parting of the Red Sea was a drug-induced hallucination

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]]> It’s all in our heads: A Rosh Hashanah guide https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/its-all-in-our-heads-a-rosh-hashanah-guide/ Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:07:32 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=226010 We need to do everything in our power to make ourselves happy, to bring joy to our family and friends on this holy day

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